Based on a satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant.
Acting
Evstigneev's sweaty, desperate descent into wedding-crashing humiliation.
Direction
Alov & Naumov balance Dostoyevsky's cruelty with genuine pathos.
Director
Vladimir Naumov
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Pralinsky
Viktor Sergachyov
Pseldonimov
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
Bride
Maya Bulgakova
Deaf-mute
Gleb Strizhenov
Klerk
Aleksandr Gruzinsky
Mlekopitayev
Elena Ponsova
Mlekopitayeva
Zoya Fyodorova
Pseldonimov's mother
Leonid Pirogov
Father of the bride
Anatoliy Obukhov
Igor Stravinskiy
распорядитель танцев
Konstantin Alekseev
Семён Иванович Шипуленко
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Woman in the crowd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alov and Naumov were Soviet cinema's golden duo, but this Dostoyevsky adaptation was considered minor—until Glasnost reappraised their satirical edge.
The film's 'small form' was deliberate: shot in cramped interiors with theatrical blocking, it traps you in Pralinsky's claustrophobic social anxiety.
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